Sentence examples for sharp dismay from inspiring English sources
By contrast, the reaction of business groups to the choice of Ms. Solis ranged from tactful displeasure to sharp dismay.
People accuse us of privatizing the university — I say, 'No, the state is privatizing the university.' " Roy began to voice her students' dismay in sharp, sloganeering phrases, declaring, for instance, that they were threatened with a "subprime education".
Stephen Reinhardt, 86, an appointee of President Jimmy Carter who is also the longest-serving member on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which Trump has often criticized, issued a sharp opinion Tuesday expressing his dismay over the move to deport a father of three with deep ties to Hawaii.
Appearing both startled and dismayed by the sharp increase, a year after a significant drop, administration officials attributed it to the recession, noting that city shelters for families and single adults had been inundated.
(Is a cup of joe really so hard to find in Chicago?) Ames's colloquys with his employees flicker strangely between sharp questions and long reveries about his family history or his dismay at the rocketing pace of cultural change.
The dilemma can be especially sharp when prominent figures with a big local following are hauled before international courts.Take one unhappy example: to the dismay of human-rights activists, Serbia's national church reacted with nativist defensiveness to the post-Yugoslav war-crimes tribunal in The Hague; it has offered moral support to individuals who have been convicted of terrible atrocities.
Western diplomats expressed dismay.
No such dismay was expressed.
